what waS your last photography related purchase?

[Kodachromeguy]

GAS No.2

I had been considering a Leica IIIG for a number of years. Tamarkin Camera in Chicago sent an email announcing a sale. That was too good to resist. They had four IIIGs in their screw mount inventory. I looked at the pictures and chose this one. It is late production, possibly 1959 or 1960. Well, I love it. It is so much fun! My dad bought the 5cm ƒ/2 Summitar in the picture below in Guam in 1949. It is fully coated and the coating is perfect. I also have a Canon 50mm ƒ/2 LTM lens, probably mid-1960s vintage. Tamarin also included a genuine Leitz leather case for the IIIG.

 

[mshchem]

Yesterday, I picked up my first "weird" camera which is meant to be an object d'art. It is the Kodak handle2 instant camera. I never knew these existed. I found it at a place that doesn't typically have any cameras, and it was $3.
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Google around, pretty sure these can use Instax Wide with some adapting. Instax uses a similar approach exposure through the backside of the print. Too bad Polaroid and Kodak didn't come to an understanding, this was a great system.

 

[mshchem]

GAS No.2

I had been considering a Leica IIIG for a number of years. Tamarkin Camera in Chicago sent an email announcing a sale. That was too good to resist. They had four IIIGs in their screw mount inventory. I looked at the pictures and chose this one. It is late production, possibly 1959 or 1960. Well, I love it. It is so much fun! My dad bought the 5cm ƒ/2 Summitar in the picture below in Guam in 1949. It is fully coated and the coating is perfect. I also have a Canon 50mm ƒ/2 LTM lens, probably mid-1960s vintage. Tamarin also included a genuine Leitz leather case for the IIIG.



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Well done!!!

 

[rduraoc]

I got a Nikon F65 with the kit lens in an auction site. (Re-) Started doing photo marathons, and those are always in 35mm. I got fed up with depending on loaned cameras (I went all in to MF several years ago), so in came the F65.

This is my very first Nikon, ever. GAS is now driving me into the world of Nikon primes...

 

[Donald Qualls]

Yesterday, I picked up my first "weird" camera which is meant to be an object d'art. It is the Kodak handle2 instant camera. I never knew these existed. I found it at a place that doesn't typically have any cameras, and it was $3.

Dig around on the Internet, there was a fellow in Sweden selling 3D printed adapters to use Instax Square in those. There are certain models that are recommended -- the ones with metal gears in the print roller drive, specifically. Don't know if that The Handle 2 has metal or plastic gears...